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ARABIS PURPUREA Sibth. et Sm. – Purple Rock-cress

Family:Brassicaceae BurnettDistribution: Endemic species of Cyprus.Ecology: It grows in rocky cliffs and mountain slopes in the Cypriot Troodos Mountains, mainly on the volcanic rocks, at elevations from 600 to 1500 m. It blooms from March to May.Description: A perennial herb, 3–10(–40) cm high, branched, woody at the base. The leaves are alternate, lower obovate, obtuse, irregularly toothed, 1–5 × 0.5–3 cm, upper amplexicaul, shortly hairy. Flowers in corymbs or racemes, with 4 sepals and petals, pink to purple, rarely white. The fruit is a siliqua.
These images were taken in Cyprus, Troodos Mountains (28. 3. 2010).